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Its not wrong though (lemmy.world)
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[–] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A decompiler won't give you the source code. Just some code that might not even necessarily work when compiled back.

[–] amki@feddit.de -1 points 1 year ago

From the point of view of the decompiler machine code is indeed the source code though

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

And? Decompilers aren't for noobs. So what if it gives you variable and function names like A000, A001, etc?

It can still lead a seasoned programmer where to go in the raw machine code to mod some things.